Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ पुण्यकीर्तये विद्महे
पुरातनाय धीमहि
तन्नः षण्मुखः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Punyakirtaye Vidmahe
Puratanaya Dhimahi
Tannah Shanmukhah Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), he of holy and purifying fame,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Puratanaya;
May six-faced Lord Shanmukha guide and enlighten our mind.